Can Cannes Save ‘Megalopolis’? Francis Ford Coppola Prepares to Unveil His $120 Million Epic as Controversy Builds
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When Francis Ford Coppola arrived in Cannes in 1979 to premiere an unfinished version of “Apocalypse Now,” he had endured a gauntlet of bad press. His Vietnam saga’s budget kept ballooning, forcing Coppola to offer his car, his home, even the profits from “The Godfather” as collateral to cover overages. The production was biblically plagued […]